Reticulocyte direct measurement automated at CHRISTUS Health - West Beaumont

6025 Metropolitan Drive, Beaumont, TX · Christushealth · · NPI 1679557888

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jan 13, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$67.98

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$206.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2.79 with Texas Healthspring vs $175.10 with Verity Healthnet National — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Healthspring MM $2.79 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HIX $5.01 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare All Payer $5.01 ↓ -93%
Superior Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Triwest VA MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Wellcare MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Humana Gold Choice MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Christus Health Med Adv MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Arcadian Health Plan MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Allwell Superior Health MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Dual MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Aetna MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Coventry First Health MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Community Health Choice Chip KM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Superior Foster Care KM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Superior Star KM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Molina Medicare Adv MM $5.57 ↓ -92%
Superior Star Plus KM $5.57 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Plus KM $5.62 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Chip KM $5.62 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star KM $5.62 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Star Kid KM $5.62 ↓ -92%
Texas Independence Health Plan MM $5.74 ↓ -92%
Provider Partners Health Plan MM $5.74 ↓ -92%
Amerigroup Star Plus KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Star Kids KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Plus KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Chip KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Texas Childrens Health Plan Star Kids KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup Chip KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Molina Star KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Molina Star Plus KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Molina Chip KM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Shared Health Insurance Company MM $5.85 ↓ -91%
Community Health Choice Star KM $5.90 ↓ -91%
US Imaging Network PPO $5.96 ↓ -91%
Devoted Health Plan MM $6.02 ↓ -91%
Amerigroup MM $6.02 ↓ -91%
American Health Medicare Advantage MM $6.13 ↓ -91%
Imperial Health Plan MM $6.13 ↓ -91%
ProCare Advantage MM $6.13 ↓ -91%
Christus Health HIX $7.80 ↓ -89%
Partners Direct Health PPO $10.03 ↓ -85%
Naphcare Inc. RRMB $11.14 ↓ -84%
ADV Cardiovas Specialist MM $11.14 ↓ -84%
Humana Choicecare $17.57 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Blue Advantage HMO $21.44 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HMO $24.01 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas HEB $24.01 ↓ -65%
Cigna New Business $25.51 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas PPO $26.68 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Texas Traditional $28.41 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $32.65 ↓ -52%
Healthcare Highways PPO $92.70 ↑ +36%
LSU First Choice Verity PPO $103.00 ↑ +52%
Verity HealthNet PPO $123.60 ↑ +82%
Healthsmart Accel PPO $133.90 ↑ +97%
Phcs PPO $133.90 ↑ +97%
Multiplan PPO $133.90 ↑ +97%
First Health PPO $133.90 ↑ +97%
Aetna PPO $142.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna EPO $142.14 ↑ +109%
Aetna POS $142.14 ↑ +109%
Five Point Credit Union PPO $144.20 ↑ +112%
MCT Credit Union All Plans $144.20 ↑ +112%
Beech Street PPO $164.80 ↑ +142%
Provider Select PPO $164.80 ↑ +142%
HealthSmart PPO $164.80 ↑ +142%
Health Management Network PPO $164.80 ↑ +142%
Verity Healthnet National PPO $175.10 ↑ +158%

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